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edited August 18, 2008
Just got back from Kauai where I believe exist the worlds clearest skies especially at night. Took this with my Canon M3 800 iso 48sec at F8, Nikor 16mm fish
Just got back from Kauai where I believe exist the worlds clearest skies especially at night. Took this with my Canon M3 800 iso 48sec at F8, Nikor 16mm fish
Wow. I know people keep saying but wow again! Is that a Moooonch star?
Like the Palm tree branch technique. Everything is so different at night.
Just got back from Kauai where I believe exist the worlds clearest skies especially at night. Took this with my Canon M3 800 iso 48sec at F8, Nikor 16mm fish
was that hand held?
great shooting batman, especialy the light on the canoe, did you use some fill or was that lighting there already?
Marc MuenchRegistered UsersPosts: 1,420Major grins
edited August 19, 2008
I am sure we will see many great images from this years olympics, check this out
about the photographer
Kari Kuukka, a freelance sports photographer based in Porvoo, Finland, shot the panorama for fun and not as part of an assignment (he's covering the Olympics for Iltalehti, a daily national newspaper in his home country). Kuukka is also blogging during the Olympics, in Finnish.
Looks like the 360 degree software used for real estate. This looks like the kind where the camera is facing up and there is a mirror ball to capture reflections for a 360 degree image. Put into the software and voila.
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I'm surprised but not. Surprised because I'd think the progression would have been a camera that did both still and video.
I've been watching the number of PJ's that are shooting video then grabbing frames. Not 100% but there are those who are expanding their knowledge base.
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Great shooting this past week. Got some good ones, though my hit rate in the bristlecones isn't so good as I had originally thought. Something about all that scenery making you focus on what looks good to you in person, rather than in a shot. Still, I have some keepers!
Welcome back Bill. Did you get any rain or interesting clouds?
We got some good clouds on Saturday afternoon up there. But then toward sunset it started blowing something fierce -- we went up to Patriarch Grove near sunset (not the best idea, given it goes into shade about 30 minutes before sunset) and it was blowing a storm. I mean, really... 40+ MPH sustained with gusts a fair bit higher than that.
Sunday was blowing good all morning and the air lost clarity by around 10 AM, so we came down and it was blowing hard enough in Big Pine that they closed 395 to RVs and Semis. Actually, a Semi crashed on the road to the Ancient Bristlecones, at the last corner (we saw it when we headed up Monday morning). Monday was nice, cold but clear. No more clouds were to be seen... Friday and Saturday were the only days with them.
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edited September 12, 2008
The trees that rewrote history
Occasionally in nature I am confronted by the stories being played out in a different timeline than that of my own lifetime. Bristlecone trees have been dated to be some 5 thousand years old leading me to believe this remnant stump to be have spent a fair amount of time grasping the rock. These trees hold amazing insight into our past.
For many years now scientists, archeologists and historians have relied on a system known as radio-carbon dating. It was discovered back in the 1960s that this process was flawed and needed to be calibrated. The wood from the bristlecone pines helped correct this process by providing samples that could be precisely dated. Scientists dated these samples by counting their growth rings; they then measured the amount of carbon-14 (C-14) in those samples. They discovered that the radiocarbon dating process was providing dates that were "too young" and established a calibration factor to correct the dating process.
Faulty C-14 data obtained before the bristlecone pine calibration was then re-examined and corrected. Archeologists found that some artifacts discovered in Europe were actually 1,000 years or more older than previously thought. This revision of archeological site dates led historians to a reinterpretation of cultural diffusion thoughout the Mediterranian and European areas. Because the bristlecone pines of this grove provided the wood to recalibrate the radiocarbon dating method, they have become known as the trees that rewrote history.
dendroclimatologists believe that these trees on this particular hill, died off when the climate cooled. Over the past years as the climate has begun to warm again there are actually signs of new trees growing at higher elevations.
It leads me to beleive that at some point in our past it was warmer
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AHA! Tres bon:D
...pics..
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Wow. I know people keep saying but wow again! Is that a Moooonch star?
Like the Palm tree branch technique. Everything is so different at night.
was that hand held?
great shooting batman, especialy the light on the canoe, did you use some fill or was that lighting there already?
...pics..
Those are actually my tripod marks on the canoe:D the lighting is curtesy of the hotel behind me.
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about the photographer
Kari Kuukka, a freelance sports photographer based in Porvoo, Finland, shot the panorama for fun and not as part of an assignment (he's covering the Olympics for Iltalehti, a daily national newspaper in his home country). Kuukka is also blogging during the Olympics, in Finnish.
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Wow!
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That's no regular stitch!
Heheh:
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Looks like the 360 degree software used for real estate. This looks like the kind where the camera is facing up and there is a mirror ball to capture reflections for a 360 degree image. Put into the software and voila.
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Cool!! Those two photographers hamming it up for the camera cracked me up.
There must be a joke in there somewhere, 'how many photographers does it take...'
Charlie
This looks very tempting.
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No kidding, what a great alternative to ipix- which I was totally disgusted with.
Hi Mark,
Had a chance to stop by the G2 exhibit today and thought it was great!
I saw a print that was sandwiched between two pieces of acrylic and was wondering how you went about that....
Cheers,
m.watson
This could be HOT
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I've been watching the number of PJ's that are shooting video then grabbing frames. Not 100% but there are those who are expanding their knowledge base.
If not, I shall do so
Welcome to the land of the tree people haha.
Great shooting this past week. Got some good ones, though my hit rate in the bristlecones isn't so good as I had originally thought. Something about all that scenery making you focus on what looks good to you in person, rather than in a shot. Still, I have some keepers!
My curiosity is definitely piqued. Can't wait to see the result (and multitude reviews thereafter).
We got some good clouds on Saturday afternoon up there. But then toward sunset it started blowing something fierce -- we went up to Patriarch Grove near sunset (not the best idea, given it goes into shade about 30 minutes before sunset) and it was blowing a storm. I mean, really... 40+ MPH sustained with gusts a fair bit higher than that.
Sunday was blowing good all morning and the air lost clarity by around 10 AM, so we came down and it was blowing hard enough in Big Pine that they closed 395 to RVs and Semis. Actually, a Semi crashed on the road to the Ancient Bristlecones, at the last corner (we saw it when we headed up Monday morning). Monday was nice, cold but clear. No more clouds were to be seen... Friday and Saturday were the only days with them.
Bill, Has anyone referred to you as an airhead?<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/mwink.gif" border="0" alt="" > I mean to ruin a perfectly good high def scene<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif" border="0" alt="" >
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Occasionally in nature I am confronted by the stories being played out in a different timeline than that of my own lifetime. Bristlecone trees have been dated to be some 5 thousand years old leading me to believe this remnant stump to be have spent a fair amount of time grasping the rock. These trees hold amazing insight into our past.
For many years now scientists, archeologists and historians have relied on a system known as radio-carbon dating. It was discovered back in the 1960s that this process was flawed and needed to be calibrated. The wood from the bristlecone pines helped correct this process by providing samples that could be precisely dated. Scientists dated these samples by counting their growth rings; they then measured the amount of carbon-14 (C-14) in those samples. They discovered that the radiocarbon dating process was providing dates that were "too young" and established a calibration factor to correct the dating process.
Faulty C-14 data obtained before the bristlecone pine calibration was then re-examined and corrected. Archeologists found that some artifacts discovered in Europe were actually 1,000 years or more older than previously thought. This revision of archeological site dates led historians to a reinterpretation of cultural diffusion thoughout the Mediterranian and European areas. Because the bristlecone pines of this grove provided the wood to recalibrate the radiocarbon dating method, they have become known as the trees that rewrote history.
dendroclimatologists believe that these trees on this particular hill, died off when the climate cooled. Over the past years as the climate has begun to warm again there are actually signs of new trees growing at higher elevations.
It leads me to beleive that at some point in our past it was warmer
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